Exhausted by long hours, workers in northeastern Thailand are turning to ‘yaba’ methamphetamine to stay awake.
![Rubber farmers in northern Thailand don't finish tapping trees until the sun comes up [Glenn Brown/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014113075844983734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Exhausted by long hours, workers in northeastern Thailand are turning to ‘yaba’ methamphetamine to stay awake.
![Rubber farmers in northern Thailand don't finish tapping trees until the sun comes up [Glenn Brown/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014113075844983734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In Thailand’s ‘red’ stronghold of Khon Kaen, protests are hushed amid junta warnings and disappearances.
![General Prayuth Chan-ocha launched a May 22 coup, saying the army had to restore order [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014616928471734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)